Cook County Sheriff | |
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Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | John H. Kinzie |
Formation | 1831 |
The Cook County Sheriff is the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, heading the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
Terms are currently four-years in length.
Sherriff | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | |
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John H. Kinzie | 1831–1832 | Appointed by governor John Reynolds | [1] [2] | ||
Stephen R. Forbes | 1832–1834 | Cook County's first elected sheriff | [2] [3] | ||
Silas W. Sherman | 1834–1838 | Democratic | [4] | ||
Isaac R. Gavin | 1838–1840 | Independent Democrat | [4] [5] | ||
Ashbel Steele | 1840–1842 | [5] | |||
Samuel J. Lowe | 1842–1846 | [5] | |||
Isaac Cook | 1846–1850 | [5] | |||
William L. Church | 1850–1852 | [5] | |||
Cyrus Bradley | 1852–1854 | [5] | |||
James Andrew | 1854–1855 | [5] | |||
James Beach | 1855–1856 (acting) | [5] | |||
John L. Wilson | 1856–1858 | [5] | |||
John Gray | 1859–1860 | [5] | |||
Anton C. Hesing | 1860–1862 | Republican | [5] | ||
David Hammond | 1862–1864 | [5] | |||
John A. Nelson | 1864–1866 | [5] | |||
John Lourie Beveridge | 1866–1868 | Republican | [6] [7] | ||
Gustav Fischer | 1868–1870 | Absconded in 1869 | |||
Benjamin L. Cleaves | 1870–1870 | Simultaneously ex officio Cook County Coroner | [5] | ||
Timothy Bradley | 1870–1872 | [8] | |||
Charles Kern | 1872–1878 | Democratic | [8] | ||
John Hoffman | 1878–1880 | Republican | [8] [9] | ||
Orrin L. Mann | 1880–1882 | Republican | Elected in 1880 | [10] | |
Seth Hanchett | 1882–1886 | Republican | [11] [12] | ||
Canute R. Matson | 1886–1890 | Republican | [8] | ||
James H. Gilbert | 1890–1894 | ||||
James Pease | 1894–1898 | Republican | [13] | ||
Ernest Magerstadt | 1899–1902 | Republican | |||
Thomas E. Barrett | 1902–1906 | Democratic | [14] [15] [16] | ||
Christopher Strassheim | 1906–1910 | Republican | [16] | ||
Michael Zimmer | 1910–1914 | Democratic | [16] | ||
John E. Traeger | 1914–1918 | Democratic | [16] | ||
Charles W. Peters | 1918–1922 | Republican | [1] [16] | ||
Peter M. Hoffman | December 1922–December 26, 1926 | Republican | [17] [18] [19] | ||
Charles E. Graydon | December 29, 1926–December 1928 | [19] | |||
John E. Traeger | December 3, 1928–December 1930 | Democratic | Had previously served as sheriff | [20] [21] | |
William D. Meyering | 1930–1934 | Democratic | [17] [20] | ||
John Toman | 1934–1938 | [20] | |||
Thomas J. O'Brien | 1938–1942 | Democratic | [20] | ||
A. L. Brodie | 1942–1943 | [20] | |||
Elmer Michael Walsh | 1946-1950 | Republican | Elected in 1946 | [20] | |
John E. Babb | 1950–1954 | Republican | [20] [22] | ||
Joseph D. Lohman | 1954–1958 | Democrat | [20] [22] | ||
Frank G. Sain | 1958-1962 | Democrat | [20] [23] | ||
Richard B. Ogilvie | 1962–1966 | Republican | [20] | ||
Joseph I. Woods | 1966–1970 | Republican | [20] | ||
Richard Elrod | 1970–1986 | Democratic | [20] | ||
James E. O'Grady | 1986–1990 | Republican | Elected in 1986; lost reelection in Elected in 1990 | [20] | |
Michael F. Sheahan | 1990–2006 | Democratic | Elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | [20] | |
Tom Dart | 2006–present | Democratic | Elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | [20] |
David Duvall Orr is an American Democratic politician who served as the Cook County Clerk from 1990 to 2018. Orr previously served as alderman for the 49th ward in Chicago City Council from 1979 to 1990. He briefly served as acting Mayor of Chicago from November 25 to December 2, 1987, following the death of Mayor Harold Washington. Orr retired from the office of Cook County Clerk in 2018, opting not to run for an eighth term.
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Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Bill Lowry, a Democrat.
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The Cook County Clerk is the clerk of county government in Cook County, Illinois.
The Cook County Assessor is the assessor and county government officer of Cook County, Illinois.
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